- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY
- Year
- 1939
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 42283
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- Brand: Musaphonic
Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.
- Number of Tubes
- 4
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Details
- Record Player (not changer)
- Power type and voltage
- Storage and/or dry batteries / 1.5, 2 x 45 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: HB-408 - General Electric Co. GE;
- Shape
- Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 14.2 x 9.5 x 13.2 inch / 361 x 241 x 335 mm
- Notes
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Model HB-408 is a portable Radio-Phonograph combination set. Phonograph motor is all-mechanical and requires hand-winding for operation.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 8.8 kg / 19 lb 6.1 oz (19.383 lb)
- External source of data
- Ernst Erb
- Source of data
- The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965
- Circuit diagram reference
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- General Electric Radio Service Notes 1939-1942
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (ad May 1939 page 6)
- Other Models
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Here you find 2906 models, 2125 with images and 2031 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY